Don't get me wrong, physical abuse is one thing, but if you are sad because you are supposedly not as pretty as the girl on TV or the girl who has the boyfriend you like or because you don't have the designer purse then you seriously need to have a talk with hopefully your parents and not just be put on a happy pill.

The drug companies, today, are one of the many scourges on planet Earth.

The FDA is supposed to define what a "disease" is. And the FDA has mandated that only "drugs" can treat "diseases".

You can see the math doesn't work if you want to keep profits growing. There aren't that many new diseases being found everyday. Furthermore, a lot of those are real hard to fix with drugs. So what do you do? Invest in research in "gray areas" of disorders and "issues" that aren't diseases, and hope for a drug that works.

Then, take your oodles of cash, lobby the FDA to re-classify a normal human disorder or behavior as a "disease". Then, unleash all of hell's hounds (the marketing team) to canvass the market (teachers, doctors, psychologists, politicians, leaders, media, everyone...) on this new incurable disease that, hallelujuah, has been cured by this miracle drug from Company X.

Thank god for the drug companies for saving us from all these rampant, horrible diseases.

We joke, but does anyone here really think erectile dysfunction is a disease? Or, is it more likely that some lab rat stumbled upon a cGMP phosphodiesterase inhibitor in a lab. And some smarter lab rat said "hey, that could improve blood flow which would be good for someone with heart disease". And then a wizard marketer said "Hold on, we can't compete with Lipitor. They have that market locked up and these old geezers don't want another heart pill. And we won't make much money from it...too much competition and market clutter. But you know what? Tons of old men (and there's more of these boomers getting older everyday) can't get boners. You think this crazy little pill can give old men hard-ons? Because if it can, our stock price will soar. Oh, what's that you say...it can give an old man a boner? Great...ok, Roy, call up the FDA. Tell them bonerless old men have a disease. Come up with some neat new name for it...yeah, 'erectile dysfunction'...I like that. Show it to the focus groups. See what the 55+ demographic says. And tell Young and Rubicam to get working on the TV spot. See if Bob Dole needs work..."

And there we have the way America creates a disease. And now you understand how the very companies you invest in medicate you into a euphoric state, and why the government sits idly by and lets corporate america bully you into submission. You don't stand a chance. All you have is your intelligence and ability to see behind the lies.

I still like capitalism. And I still like "buyer beware". But I also like intelligent people who know when they're being lied to.

On point, most parents don't. They work two jobs, are over-saturated with media messages, are so confused about how to parent with all these "how-to" books, and Oprah and The View and 60 Minutes. They get beaten over the head at work until they break for a shitty paycheck, only to come home completely exhausted. And all they want is a better life for their kid...a life that isn't as shitty as theirs. Only problem is, the capitalist machine is relentless, and isn't discriminatory. Rather, perhaps it is...it goes naturally for the easiest money. Easy money can found preying on the weak...the simpletons, the children, the idiots. Opiate the masses, and you control them. Get to the kids. When that doesn't work, scare the shit out of the parents...make them believe their kid isn't on the track to avoiding the life mom and dad have to deal with...but that a little pill can fix it all. This overwhelmed, over-worked, stupid parent who's kids are being overwhelmed by society, are frankly, beyond salvation. It's a wonder they survive, and really, is there any hope for them?

Step back from the rat race folks. Parent your children. You don't need a higher household family income. You don't need that 80-hour per week job to buy shit you don't need on credit cards you can't afford to pay off. You don't need the newest Audi, or the newest Sony, or the newest Channel #5. You don't need to keep up with Jones and his new boat down at the Marina. You need to be a human being. You need to raise good kids, and love them, and be there for them. Be cognizant of the fact that the voices surrounding your children are never-ending, and ever-searching for a weakness. You must protect them from all predators, and these are forms of predation. You can't just turn your kids over to these wolves with your laissez faire parenting. Grow a fucking set!

You let the state raise your kids, then why do the kids need you? Welcome to the matrix.

what the fuck? I would punch you in the face right now if you were in front of me.

I was a very pacifict kid... and even though i grew taller/bigger than other kids... preventing yourself from hurting others changes nothing... words hurt more than physical pain. They couldn't do shit to me. Eventually I had enough and beat up a few kids... then 'word spread' that i was training martial arts (and i was) and all of them smartned up.

Bullying is evil. Someone abusing someone else for whatever reason because the other one thinks they are 'mightier'.

I remember that show that was briefly on tv, something beat up a bully or whatever... with that ufc guy...

I would gladly be put in a ring with some of the 'mighty bullies' and beat the shit out of them myself.

I can't believ eyou said "she looked dumb" WHAT THE FUCK?! I wish I could punch you out right fucking now

The schools promote these drugs!!!! Just this week my buddy told me how one the the school physiologists told him that she thought his 8 YEAR OLD SON!!! needed anti depressants because, get ready now........ He wouldn't make eye contact with her when she scolded him for not being a better reader!!!! WTF???

ya its pretty retarded... some of the kids i knew when i was younger were put on anti-depressants.. my family and myself even myself as a kid I went like whaa? Or this one friend of mine who said he had 'add' so he had special treatment and the teachers did his homework while he took drugs... its dumb.

Drugging kids... to subdue them or make them 'happier'.

Hell even this one guy at work who is on anti-depressants I just go.. don't you think there are other things not going right instead of you taking some happy pills?...

None the less it does not excuse this child being abused by some other asshole upbringing children.

Those kids beating that poor kid... they say 'disciplining' kids is not okay... they need a beating and be jailed.

Some kind of bootcamp where they get beat up and yelled at, so their self-glorifying asshole selfs can learn the meaning of being helpless dirt for disrespecting, abusing other children.

I never got bullied because, for the most part everybody liked me and there was a group of people called "The Family" that protected me a few times. I do remember four times though where there were issues.

One was a someone nicknamed Yogurt. Yogurt planned to fight me for some reason or another and so "The Family" showed up at his house and beat the living shit out of him. Another incident was a person with the last name Gleason. Gleason keyed my car and perhaps stole my CD collection out of my car for no reason at all. He was caught in the act doing it. So again, "The Family" intervened and sent him to the hospital. A third time was when I was 14 years old and I was given a large amount of alcohol and I drank it which put me in the hospital and nearly killed me. "The Family" then took the person who bought and gave me the alcohol out in a backyard and beat him and threw a brick through his car window. The last time "The Family" intervened was when this drunk guy, for whatever reason decided he was going to try and take a swing at me. It never happened as he hit the ground with a broken jaw and cheek from one punch by a now Professional MMA fighter.

I never started anything with anyone and am grateful for the protection. A lot of hotheads out there.

douchebags, send yourself my way so I can crack your jaw or orbital bone.

Bullies who think they are hot shit in front of lesser confident kids or smaller kids or being ganged up by multiple kids deserve an equal measure so they can learn empathy and not be assholes.

Ahmed, please calm down. This bitch got what was coming to her you need to crawl back into the cave you got out of. Your people have gang raped innocent children for 1000s of years later to marry them in a 1 bedroom 1 bathroom sand dune. THen have these raped women(children) cook, clean and slave for you while you make tender love to your donkey.

Ahmed you need to look at the bigger picture, that is the family donkey does not share human emotions, donkey = animal, woman = human. It is people like you who are the cause of young suicides, especially females. I did not read the article but I can safely assume that her husband was of middle eastern origin, perhaps an ahmed like yourself.